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Proposal text
The Green Party of Canada will consider a Single Member Party Proportional Voting system alongside other Proportional Representation systems, and that a nation-wide Citizen’s Assembly will be held on democratic reform and will include presentations on all Proportional Representation systems.
Type of Proposal
Public policy that the party would represent
Objective / Benefit
The objective is to implement proportional representation in the voting system.
If your proposal replaces an existing policy or policies, which one does it replace?
N/A
List any supporting evidence for your proposal
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Does this proposal affect any particular group and what efforts have been made to consult with the group or groups?
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Jurisdiction: Is this proposal under federal jurisdiction?
Yes
Please indicate the language the proposal is being submitted in.
English
This proposal is being evaluated
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Conversation with Kyle Hutton
Hello Colin, thanks for the interesting proposal. I'm curious why you would choose SMPP over something like STV-PR or MMP?
Hello, Kyle,
Our EDA was part of a group that came up with this proposal, because the current systems are often a little too complex to be accepted by the general public. What we are trying to do is to simplify the current PR systems so that we can get the idea of PR accepted generally. We fully expect that SMPP might only be used for one or two elections, and then a Citizens Assembly might move onto a more advanced system once everyone sees that PR is a lot more democratic than our current FPTP system. We think that a Citizens Assembly should consider as many options as possible. We are in no way suggesting that we abandon any other system; that is for a Citizens Assembly to decide. We feel that SMPP should be added to a list of PR proposals that the Green Party could present to a Citizens Assembly. Having one Party decide what system we are going to use is not exactly democratic, and we should not be haggling over which system is best. SMPP should just be another option to present, and let the chips fall where they may. Whatever PR system is chosen by a Citizens Assembly, it will probably need adjusting as time goes by, as people get used to it. A Citizens Assembly may need to be around for a while; that entirely depends on them getting a working consensus.
The important thing is that the Green Party already accepts PR as a policy, and we don't think that we necessarily need to be getting behind a single version at this point.
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